Tal's genius
Spassky vs Tal, 1979  (E14) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
Forcing a self-block
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Double Bishop Sacrifice
G Kuzmin vs Sveshnikov, 1973  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
Pinned f7 pawn
Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862  (B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 1-0
Pachmen's gem
Pachman vs Eckert, 1940  (C13) French, 24 moves, 1-0
A Solid Opening
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Spassky Miniature
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0
Pawn Sacrifice
Spassky vs Evans, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Double bish sac
Koltanowski vs M Defosse, 1936  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Doubled rooks on 'h' file
J Meyer vs R Klees, 2001  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
double bishop sac
Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
2 Rooks & Queen on h file
Spassky vs Fischer, 1992  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 54 moves, 1-0
Shabalov vs I Shliperman, 1995  (C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 1-0
I Niemela vs Tal, 1959  (A69) Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line, 27 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Vaganian, 1995  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Kasparov, 1981  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1
C Laird vs M Basman, 1982  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
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